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and igor sechin, president of rossneft, russia's leading oil company, a close adviser to putin. the sanctions target nearly a dozen businesses tied to putin's banker and believed to help manage the russian president's vast personal wealth. the penalties do not, however, target putin, himself. >> the goal here is not to go after mr. putin personally. the goal is to change his calculous with respect to how the current actions that he's engages in in ukraine could have an adverse impact on the russian economy over the long haul. >> reporter: notably absent from the new measures are some of russia's most powerful businessmen and companies, including the natural gas giant that supplies europe with most of its energy. also absent for now, sanctions on entire sectors of the russian economy. those omissions led to sharp criticism from capitol hill. >> this is basically a rehash of what's already occurred. so we've been pushing for a portion of sectoral sanctions, sanctions against some of the -- four of the largest banking institutions in russia so they would have an impact on the econo
and igor sechin, president of rossneft, russia's leading oil company, a close adviser to putin. the sanctions target nearly a dozen businesses tied to putin's banker and believed to help manage the russian president's vast personal wealth. the penalties do not, however, target putin, himself. >> the goal here is not to go after mr. putin personally. the goal is to change his calculous with respect to how the current actions that he's engages in in ukraine could have an adverse impact on...
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what about this. >> contrary to what juan says, russia is literally gaining ground. that's what's at play here. the president in hi comments made reference to this sunday show, well, you know, these don't make for good arguments on the sunday shows and judging by official on the sunday shows, he's exactly right. that was terrible language before the annexation of the crimean peninsula. it's worst. when you've got vladimir putin doing what he's doing now. then on the front pages of "new york times," you have a very big detailed story about the splits in the administration about whether they should try to push europe to be tougher or whether they should sort of step back and follow europe and we can clearly see i think who is winning that argument but i guess what's really troubling about this is the president of the united states nearly six years into his administration continues to define himself in opposition to his predecessor. do you not have any ideas of your own? it's not the case as charles suggests that the only thing you can do is send in troops and it wasn't
what about this. >> contrary to what juan says, russia is literally gaining ground. that's what's at play here. the president in hi comments made reference to this sunday show, well, you know, these don't make for good arguments on the sunday shows and judging by official on the sunday shows, he's exactly right. that was terrible language before the annexation of the crimean peninsula. it's worst. when you've got vladimir putin doing what he's doing now. then on the front pages of...
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the violence follows a decision from the white house to extend sanctions on russia. including 17 firms and sanctioning seven more russian officials. the bbc is in the eastern ukraine and has the latest for us. >> in eastern ukraine, it takes courage. out to, they have come call for a united ukraine. just wait five minutes, this man says, then, we will show you. attacked withoups firecrackers and baseball bats. the police did nothing to stop this. they have been battered into submission. the violence is escalating. ukraine -- he is fighting for his life in the hospital. who wasfilmed the mayor considered pro-russian. are blocking kiev his office and he has become a critic of the old government and a supporter of the ukraine. you will not find many of those here. we found pro-russian militants had sees the council building and the local police station. the crowd sang about the ussr. the militia that seized control here said that they had no trouble at all taking this building. they said they came and walked in stop there was no security and no one to stop them. theimir
the violence follows a decision from the white house to extend sanctions on russia. including 17 firms and sanctioning seven more russian officials. the bbc is in the eastern ukraine and has the latest for us. >> in eastern ukraine, it takes courage. out to, they have come call for a united ukraine. just wait five minutes, this man says, then, we will show you. attacked withoups firecrackers and baseball bats. the police did nothing to stop this. they have been battered into submission....
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took new action against russia for its role. the u.s. impressed sanctions on 17 companies with ties to vladimir putin's inner circle and moved to freeze exports of items that could help the russian military. peter sharp has more from moscow. >> reporter: all the latest names and companies have strong links to vladimir putin as the u.s. tries to up the pressure on the russian leader by hitting those close to him. deputy prime minister in charge of planning the sochi winter olympics , and igor the boss of rosneft, and sermga in charge of ros tech. they'll join others close to vladimir putin, like sergay, the kiev of staff. and billionaire gas trader who was honoured to be punished by washington. the west says the sanctions have had an impact, scaring investors into pulling $65 billion out of russia's economy. and the key stock index has been down by 15%. russia's currency, the ruble lost 9% of its value since january. washington said it would deny export licences for high tech equipment that could be of use to the russian military. foreign
took new action against russia for its role. the u.s. impressed sanctions on 17 companies with ties to vladimir putin's inner circle and moved to freeze exports of items that could help the russian military. peter sharp has more from moscow. >> reporter: all the latest names and companies have strong links to vladimir putin as the u.s. tries to up the pressure on the russian leader by hitting those close to him. deputy prime minister in charge of planning the sochi winter olympics , and...
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. >> this defense comes as the white house announces new sanctions against russia. let's talk about this with peter for the national journal and nile with margaret thatcher center for freedom. peter, let me start with you. does refraining from using force and not even having it on the table make the united states look weak to other powers? >> no. first of all, the united states does have it on the table in certain circumstances. but i think obama's context is very important. obama took power after the bush administration had launched two disastrous wars that have cost the united states terribly in money and blood, leaving a situation in the united states where the american people and the american military are very drained of military -- very, very drained from those very, very expensive endeavors. obama's force is entirely appropriate. in ukraine, nobody is even suggesting military force. >> i think that is one of the questions, niles, which is nobody is proposing boots on the ground but republicans are requesting more aggressive aid, lethal aid to the ukrainians. i
. >> this defense comes as the white house announces new sanctions against russia. let's talk about this with peter for the national journal and nile with margaret thatcher center for freedom. peter, let me start with you. does refraining from using force and not even having it on the table make the united states look weak to other powers? >> no. first of all, the united states does have it on the table in certain circumstances. but i think obama's context is very important. obama...
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again, when we look toward russia and we expect to see eye educations or fear, we look at brent. that's actually down today. so give us the sense of what is mattering to the energy markets right now as we get labor numbers for friday for the month of april, and i'm just wondering if that's what the market intends to focus on. >> to a certain degree. but, again, we're still -- let's put it this way, inventories, you know, demand is what's coming into play here. we're going right into driving season now, and we're going to have to see how the inventories shake out here. we're going to have numbers tomorrow night and wednesday, and we're going to see there. now keep in mind today, let's see, crude held its ground. what was interesting is that the products, heating oil and gasoline, took it on the chin pretty nicely today. they're tied in a little bit to the brent crude which totally shrugged off excitement over in russia. so that really shows you it's not even a concern really much because, again, like i always say, truthfully, the supply and demand hasn't been affected. usually in
again, when we look toward russia and we expect to see eye educations or fear, we look at brent. that's actually down today. so give us the sense of what is mattering to the energy markets right now as we get labor numbers for friday for the month of april, and i'm just wondering if that's what the market intends to focus on. >> to a certain degree. but, again, we're still -- let's put it this way, inventories, you know, demand is what's coming into play here. we're going right into...
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to stay thistinue course -- >> let me ask about russia as it relates to china, because looking toch, dominate the region from russia all of the way to china, do you think that is something we will see in our lifetime? >> well, first of all, i would like to ask andrey, do you think the sanctions are going to hurt russia in a recession? think sanctions would increase the pace of a slowdown of the russian economy, but this specific set, probably not. >> this is the eighth largest economy in the world, maybe higher than that if you use the purchasing power metric, and if it goes into recession, and i think the odds are increasing, maybe that will not change the mind of vladimir putin, but that is going to erode the power base of vladimir couldn't. -- of vladimir putin. the sort of political goodwill that he has generated. the guynk, ok, this is who is going to restore this country back to its previous dynamic self. care right really now. >> but maybe the people do care. maybe that is a disconnect between vladimir putin and his power base, more perception than reality, and if the economy
to stay thistinue course -- >> let me ask about russia as it relates to china, because looking toch, dominate the region from russia all of the way to china, do you think that is something we will see in our lifetime? >> well, first of all, i would like to ask andrey, do you think the sanctions are going to hurt russia in a recession? think sanctions would increase the pace of a slowdown of the russian economy, but this specific set, probably not. >> this is the eighth largest...
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i think if russia gets worse the u.s. is relatively less exposed. >> all of these kind of sages are coming out and saying they're concerned. >> that's what makes a market. there are parts that are topee. some small stocks are undervalued. you have to look under the hood. >> what's under the hood? >> look at the ip market, that's really tailed off. i think we still got to make the play. the u.s. equity market is the place to be. probably time to take a good look and maybe double-triple down. >> wow. a lot of this will depend on what happens with russia. >> yeah. i think the market is not pricing in a total collapse of the russian economy. which is possible. >> it will be interesting to see if we see a breakout this week. >> "fast money" is coming up. melissa lee, are you talking ten year, the vicks? >> hello. that's a good looking dress, kelly. >> the free willy's theme song. >> here's what we're talking about, there's been a lot of pharma and biotech. we have got three names and we'll tell you whether or not the options a
i think if russia gets worse the u.s. is relatively less exposed. >> all of these kind of sages are coming out and saying they're concerned. >> that's what makes a market. there are parts that are topee. some small stocks are undervalued. you have to look under the hood. >> what's under the hood? >> look at the ip market, that's really tailed off. i think we still got to make the play. the u.s. equity market is the place to be. probably time to take a good look and maybe...
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there has been a response from russia. let me give that you. the foreign deputy foreign minister said that the u.s. sanctions will not go unanswered, and the response said it will be painful to washington. the e.u. in separate moves today on monday basically said that it will be released in the names of 15 people that it will be facing sanctions on facing assets and travel bans. so a concerted and linked effort by america, the u.s. and europe to bring about these third round of sanctions will be tightened up if there are any military incursions into ukraine. >> pro russian separatists moved into the councilcal in the donestk region. and they are reported to control a police station. moscow those who are occupying the buildings in cities across eastern ukraine. a mayor of a city in ukraine has been shot, and is going through emergency surgery. unknown gunmen attacked him while i was out jogging. what we want to do is get an update of what is happening right now on the ground in eastern ukraine, in the city of donestk. barnaby phillips with an up
there has been a response from russia. let me give that you. the foreign deputy foreign minister said that the u.s. sanctions will not go unanswered, and the response said it will be painful to washington. the e.u. in separate moves today on monday basically said that it will be released in the names of 15 people that it will be facing sanctions on facing assets and travel bans. so a concerted and linked effort by america, the u.s. and europe to bring about these third round of sanctions will...
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. >> we begin with breaking news in the standoff with russia. president obama announcing new penalties aimed at russian president vladimir putin. jonathan karl traveling with the president in the philippines. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the president made it official the united states is hitting russia with another round of sanctions. hitting more individuals and companies close to president putin, including those in the high-tech defense sector. he called this a calibrated effort to try to change russia's behavior in ukraine, but he also has his eye on china. today announcing a plan to place u.s. troops here in the philippines for the first time in 20 years. amy. >> thank you. >>> and a new phase in the search for flight 370. the australian prime minister saying that the aerial search has been suspended to expand the underwater search that could take up to eight months. >>> and a pilot is missing after two small planes collided in midair after flying from a vintage airplane festival. one pilot was able to land safely, but the other
. >> we begin with breaking news in the standoff with russia. president obama announcing new penalties aimed at russian president vladimir putin. jonathan karl traveling with the president in the philippines. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the president made it official the united states is hitting russia with another round of sanctions. hitting more individuals and companies close to president putin, including those in the high-tech defense sector. he called this a...
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another big one is that russia hasn't changed. i asked you a few minutes ago, a senior administration official, i said are intentions of these sanctions purely to deter further action inside ukraine or to roll back what has already taken place including the annexati annexation and they say we'll never recognize that. it's not clear the sanctions will roll back that action. it's not clear that it will deter putin from moving into eastern ukraine. the administration's intention is to keep raising the cost to make it less likely. >> jim sciutto reporting live from washington. >>> they searched by air, on the surface and under water but so far nothing. a new phase is about to begin for that missing malaysian airliner that vanished 52 days ago including using private contractors to do intense underwater search. australia's prime minister say aerial searches have now been suspended. >> it is highly unlikely at this stage that we will find any aircraft debris on the ocean surface. therefore, we are moving from the current phase to a phas
another big one is that russia hasn't changed. i asked you a few minutes ago, a senior administration official, i said are intentions of these sanctions purely to deter further action inside ukraine or to roll back what has already taken place including the annexati annexation and they say we'll never recognize that. it's not clear the sanctions will roll back that action. it's not clear that it will deter putin from moving into eastern ukraine. the administration's intention is to keep raising...
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leaders of ukraine's interim government, and those in the west, blame russia for fuelling this turmoil with agents and weapons. >> we urge russia to leave us alone. >> reporter: they accuse president vladimir putin of failing to live up to the agreement by helping disarm the separatists, and end the occupations. they say he's plotting to grab more territory as he did when he annexed the ukrainian republic of crimea. >> so long as russia continues down the path of provocation, rather than trying to resolve this issue, deesalating there are going to be consequences. >> reporter: those consequences amount to sanctions on russian officials such as travel bans and asset freezes. the net may widen as early as monday. >> the more names we add to that list, the more they do back in the russian economy. but we are also working on more far-reaching measures of economic, trade, and financial sanctions. >> reporter: officials in moscow have denied they're behind the unrest. they've told ukraine to pull back its troops from the east. russian media report more than 10,000 soldiers are preparing to m
leaders of ukraine's interim government, and those in the west, blame russia for fuelling this turmoil with agents and weapons. >> we urge russia to leave us alone. >> reporter: they accuse president vladimir putin of failing to live up to the agreement by helping disarm the separatists, and end the occupations. they say he's plotting to grab more territory as he did when he annexed the ukrainian republic of crimea. >> so long as russia continues down the path of provocation,...
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more sanctions against russia are on the way. sanctions will target people and businesses close to russian president vladimir putin. imlet met with the french president. more on ge's battle, i want to get the latest from hans nichols in berlin. fill us in. where do we stand? >> this is according to a person familiar to the metal -- matter -- the french government will be neutral. turnaround from the weekend. over the weekend, the french government indicated that they wanted there to be a potential other suitor, siemens. they wanted to do an asset swap. they wanted to have two france.ses in but it looks like ge is back in the game. ballgame, a neutral if the french government does not try to put its thumb on it, it looks like it will go in ge's direction because that is what the board wants. ge has done their due diligence. we have to decide by wednesday. >> what my be the difference in price? we don't quite know. that is a good question. offeredmens, they just a letter intent that says they will match or exceed any offer that is
more sanctions against russia are on the way. sanctions will target people and businesses close to russian president vladimir putin. imlet met with the french president. more on ge's battle, i want to get the latest from hans nichols in berlin. fill us in. where do we stand? >> this is according to a person familiar to the metal -- matter -- the french government will be neutral. turnaround from the weekend. over the weekend, the french government indicated that they wanted there to be a...
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are considering further sanctions on russia. president putin is undeterred by the first set of sanctions bit u.s., is there anything different in these new sanctions? >> the belief is that when the sanctions are announced they will come closer to putin's inner circle, but as far as making as he can foal sanctions as in targeting whole sectors, that is not going to happen, certainly not yet at least. the belief is that it's a slow approach. there is tension between america and the e.u., but america would like to see a harder line, but it's not possible to get that kind of consensus from the european countries not least because they have significantly more business interests with russia than does the united states, some 25% of gas, which is consumed in europe comes from russia. it's the kind of mutually assured satisfaction. the ruble has plummeted, the russian bonds downgraded to one mark above junk status, so there is some dispute and hope that it will make an affect with this new round of sanctions. >> expect more details on sa
are considering further sanctions on russia. president putin is undeterred by the first set of sanctions bit u.s., is there anything different in these new sanctions? >> the belief is that when the sanctions are announced they will come closer to putin's inner circle, but as far as making as he can foal sanctions as in targeting whole sectors, that is not going to happen, certainly not yet at least. the belief is that it's a slow approach. there is tension between america and the e.u.,...
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more sanctions against russia are on the way. sanctions will target people and businesses close to russian president vladimir putin. imlet met with the french president. for
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russia continues. our pinprick sanctions have done nothing to deter or slow down russia's course of action. what needs to be done is more serious economic sanctions, more serious deployments in europe and serious military assurance to the ukrainian military providing weapons, providing trainers, providing of surveillance assets. maybe even on exercise in ukraine. these are i thinks that changed the landscape that putin will read. these are actions he will understand and he's more likely to respect than a bunch of symbolic pinprick sanctions. i mean, the fact we're deploying only a company in poland six weeks after this invasion which involved the mobilization of 150,000 russian troops shows how inadequate our response has been. it's not being taken seriously. >> ian is now officially a member of the "morning joe" family because apparently john tower has wrapped him four times and he's kept going. >> thank goodness. >> you're good. don't apologize. look. two very different -- i'll end with this. very di
russia continues. our pinprick sanctions have done nothing to deter or slow down russia's course of action. what needs to be done is more serious economic sanctions, more serious deployments in europe and serious military assurance to the ukrainian military providing weapons, providing trainers, providing of surveillance assets. maybe even on exercise in ukraine. these are i thinks that changed the landscape that putin will read. these are actions he will understand and he's more likely to...
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these countries do business with russia. we talked about many times the natural gas imports to russia that are really affected -- i mean from russia into europe that are really affected. that becomes a problem for initiating these sanctions. there is reporting about a break in the white house of whether to do it unilaterally or wait for everybody to speak in one voice. so far we're waiting for everybody to speak in one voice. >> we also heard the president mention that there was -- seemed limited, but high-tech assistance being sent into the region. what can you tell us about that? >> it's interesting. they haven't obviously sent any weapons into the region, but there could be some communication devices, some communications equipment that is going to the ukrainians. they are drawing the line there will not be military assistance and lethal weapon assistance to the ukrainians. the president in the philippines in this press conference was asked by ed henry about his foreign policy and about being defensive. >> the obama doctri
these countries do business with russia. we talked about many times the natural gas imports to russia that are really affected -- i mean from russia into europe that are really affected. that becomes a problem for initiating these sanctions. there is reporting about a break in the white house of whether to do it unilaterally or wait for everybody to speak in one voice. so far we're waiting for everybody to speak in one voice. >> we also heard the president mention that there was -- seemed...
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high-tech exports to russia. president obama said he didn't see them as appropriate in this environment. but of course, you have the questions, are these sanctions going to work? remember, this is the third round of u.s. sanctions. and will they target putin directly this time? well, the president said they won't necessarily work and that the goal is not to target president vladimir putin personally, but to try to change russia's calculus in the situation. and the president's words from yesterday, "russia has not lifted a finger to de-escalate the situation." here are some of president obama's words from today. >> the goal here is not to go after mr. putin personally. the goal is to change his calculus with respect to how the current actions that he's engaging in in ukraine could have an adverse impact on the russian economy over the long haul and to encourage him to actually walk the walk and not just talk the talk. >> reporter: yeah, that long haul is what the administration has really been focused on, to try t
high-tech exports to russia. president obama said he didn't see them as appropriate in this environment. but of course, you have the questions, are these sanctions going to work? remember, this is the third round of u.s. sanctions. and will they target putin directly this time? well, the president said they won't necessarily work and that the goal is not to target president vladimir putin personally, but to try to change russia's calculus in the situation. and the president's words from...
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in russia. here's a dirty little secret. vladimir putin isn't all that popular. the last credible polling that i saw came not in the spring from the la plata center in moscow and a suggested that of respondents who voted for -- to participate in the vote for the presidential election, only 34% said they would vote for vladimir putin. in a democratic society, that is catastrophic. even an authoritarian one is deeply charlo, which is why what you see it has to do with the last year has been a deepening of russia's antidemocratic church. the real dilemma for u.s. policymakers is how to square that circle, how to invest in democratic institutions, democratic infrastructure without the messiness meddling in internal affairs about having proxies, whether it's the international republican institute, democratic answer to plot us to commiserated kicked out of the country. i think that's a very difficult needle to thread. that is the reason why the obama it restrictionist spent so little time actually thi
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my brother lives in russia, and i live here. i am afraid of war, and a war that my son will be taken into the army. >> she is part of the silent majority that wants peace and their country to stay intact, a majority that feels powerless to stop the drift into conflict. barnaby phillips, al jazeera in eastern ukraine. >> joining me is alexander cooley, a professor at barnard college. thank you for being in today. we appreciate it? >> my pleasure. >> let's talk about what we saw on the report. do you get the sense there is a growing sense of lawlessness in this eastern ukraine? >> yeah, absolutely. lawlessness overlapping authority, different types of militias, rumors of external sponsors, actual external sponsors. the region really is descending in a. an arkans an arkansanarchy. >> do you think russia is pulling strings or do you think this is more the work of local activists who are largely doing this on their own? >> i think both. the relationship between them is complicat complicated, special forces operating. sometimes agents
my brother lives in russia, and i live here. i am afraid of war, and a war that my son will be taken into the army. >> she is part of the silent majority that wants peace and their country to stay intact, a majority that feels powerless to stop the drift into conflict. barnaby phillips, al jazeera in eastern ukraine. >> joining me is alexander cooley, a professor at barnard college. thank you for being in today. we appreciate it? >> my pleasure. >> let's talk about what...
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at every turn. >> with respect to russia and ukraine, uniformly condemning russia's actions. >> reporter: it's the country he once banked on building closer ties to. remember this moment? >> after my election, i have more flexibility. >> reporter: but now, obama finds relations with vladimir putin at a new low. he prepares to slap a new rounds of sanctions early to come next month. >> did you misjudge him or did he mislead you, and at this point, isn't it clear that sanctions simply are not going to change his behavior? >> president putin is not a stupid man and i think recently acknowledged that this has already had an impact. >> but you acknowledge that sanctions won't change his behavior? >> jon, i think that's self-apparent. i think that -- there are no guarantees in life. generally. and certainly, no guarantees in foreign policy. >> reporter: the only sure thing in ukraine has been more conflict. just this week, pro-russian forces in the east went so far as to detain eight international observers. abc's muhammad lila. saw firsthand how they're fortifying their positioning. >> all af
at every turn. >> with respect to russia and ukraine, uniformly condemning russia's actions. >> reporter: it's the country he once banked on building closer ties to. remember this moment? >> after my election, i have more flexibility. >> reporter: but now, obama finds relations with vladimir putin at a new low. he prepares to slap a new rounds of sanctions early to come next month. >> did you misjudge him or did he mislead you, and at this point, isn't it clear...
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note that there is no russia today in chinese, because the chinese told them they do not want russia today in china. russia today is a channel through which these notions are distributed around the world. the legitimacy of the ukrainian state is totally undermined. mr. putin said twice in his q&a that he sees the new government of ukraine as illegitimate and by the implication that yanukovych is still the legitimate resident. and again, the people who are fighting for separating eastern and southern ukraine from the rest of ukraine are locals, when it is very clear by the way they bear themselves, by the kind of night scopes and infrared scopes and silencers that they carry on their rifles, these are special forces. made a distinction in crimea there were special denied now in re eastern ukraine it s tphis not special forces. green men or e local activists that could buy scopes in d night every local hardware store. another tactic that russia is local is that the hroe separatists are putting women nd children in front of them and ukrainian commentator tactic that with the used in gaz
note that there is no russia today in chinese, because the chinese told them they do not want russia today in china. russia today is a channel through which these notions are distributed around the world. the legitimacy of the ukrainian state is totally undermined. mr. putin said twice in his q&a that he sees the new government of ukraine as illegitimate and by the implication that yanukovych is still the legitimate resident. and again, the people who are fighting for separating eastern and...
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but not yet president vladimir putin saying russia has only escalated tensions. but as more u.s. troops landed today and a show of force in the neighboring boll -- boltics, it was unclear in ukraine. >>> for more on the crisis in ukraine, and how the obama administration is responding, we turn to our chief white house correspondent chuck todd traveling with the president in malaysia and david gregory with "meet the press." chuck, starting with you, with regard to whether ukraine is overshadowing the president's trip in any way. >> well, it definitely is overshadowing the trip. it's a frustrated white house on many levels. number one, they are frustrated they can't get the european leaders to unite on something tougher against vladimir putin. they are frustrated this trip is getting overshadowed because they think they are accomplishing something here in asia and very frustrated with the press, as always, because they believe that somehow we're not telling that story. but clearly, the ukraine issue is dominating the president's down time. you know, he'll do a stat
but not yet president vladimir putin saying russia has only escalated tensions. but as more u.s. troops landed today and a show of force in the neighboring boll -- boltics, it was unclear in ukraine. >>> for more on the crisis in ukraine, and how the obama administration is responding, we turn to our chief white house correspondent chuck todd traveling with the president in malaysia and david gregory with "meet the press." chuck, starting with you, with regard to whether...
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you've heard a lot from russian officials in the past few days, but now it's time for russia to stop talking and start acting. >> rose: very few americans have had a firsthand look in ukraine. one of them is john mccain. he is critical of the western response to the crisis, including president obama. >> in moldavia they're very, very nervous because as you know, moldavia is not part of nato. transnistria, the eastern part of moldavia has about 1400 russian troops there. they've been there for years. and the question is, is what does vladimir putin do now? does he consider unrest there in the east? it's awfully hard for the government to function and get their economy in order and all those things? or does he go across the south and take odessa, which is important to him, and then up to moldavia? and the other, of course, is that he just continues to foment discontent and uprising and, you know, the little green men. and it makes it very difficult for this new government to function, and how difficult is it for them to have free and fair elections with the little green men running all
you've heard a lot from russian officials in the past few days, but now it's time for russia to stop talking and start acting. >> rose: very few americans have had a firsthand look in ukraine. one of them is john mccain. he is critical of the western response to the crisis, including president obama. >> in moldavia they're very, very nervous because as you know, moldavia is not part of nato. transnistria, the eastern part of moldavia has about 1400 russian troops there. they've been...
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when they need natural gas and oil and power from us because of what russia is doing. this is not only eliminating 45,000 jobs. it's a slap in the face of america and it is putting europe in even more danger because obama really -- maybe he wants us to go back to a society and maybe the unions are unionize the farmers. >> i have a question for each of you and i want to try to get a quick answer in there. ellen, i'll start with you and i want to hear your response to a claim that the delay is in direct response to an environmental enthusiast or business man with an ulterior motive but he's a super donor to the democratic party. post player bring more than 100 million dollars that wants to stop the pipeline? >> he does want to stop the pipeline and he has put a lot of money behind this but is one person going to direct the democratic party? they have a lot of small donors. >> well, that's not small. $100 million is not small. >> i understand but they have a lot of small donors that add up to his $100 million. >> so tammy, your take of the president's decision to continue
when they need natural gas and oil and power from us because of what russia is doing. this is not only eliminating 45,000 jobs. it's a slap in the face of america and it is putting europe in even more danger because obama really -- maybe he wants us to go back to a society and maybe the unions are unionize the farmers. >> i have a question for each of you and i want to try to get a quick answer in there. ellen, i'll start with you and i want to hear your response to a claim that the delay...
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ukraine is with russia. long live donbas. >> it's also in slovyansk that the observers are being held by pro-russian gunmen who said one way the observers could be released would be for exchange in the government of kiev holding a number of pro-russian activists. prisoners have always been poised to exchange during times of war. it's an international practice to swap prisoners. there is nothing scary about it. this is the administration center in donetsk. there is no sign russian groups are giving um control. let's go see the other side of life in the east because for most people, things are going on as normal. they might be anxious. they are keeping opinions to themselves. >> that's the same not just in donetsk but across eastern ukraine. closer to kiev, they are marking a grim anniversary, 28 years since the chernobyl nuclear accident on the eastern border seems to preoccupy the politicians who came to this event. >> if russia continues its aggression and ignores decisions made during negotiations, includi
ukraine is with russia. long live donbas. >> it's also in slovyansk that the observers are being held by pro-russian gunmen who said one way the observers could be released would be for exchange in the government of kiev holding a number of pro-russian activists. prisoners have always been poised to exchange during times of war. it's an international practice to swap prisoners. there is nothing scary about it. this is the administration center in donetsk. there is no sign russian groups...
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it has escalated, russia escalated tensions. we heard the president say 40,000 russian troops have been massed on the border. clearly vladimir putin continues to ignore, perhaps thumb his nose at the west, and the continued threats of sanctions. president obama talked about the calculus that vladimir putin has to keep in mind, alleging that his country is facing dire and significant economic repercussions and damage as a result of what has happened so far. the g7 leaders announced they'll move to impose additional sanctions on russia. these are the targeted sanctions, more of the same of what we have seen. targeted against individuals and entities, falling short of the broad sanctions against sectors of the russian economy. and white house officials tell us that a specific announcement of what the sanction are and who will be targeted will come on monday. >> ukraine says it will continue military operations hoping to force pro-russian rebels out of government buildings. russian you cants have been warned -- you cranes have been
it has escalated, russia escalated tensions. we heard the president say 40,000 russian troops have been massed on the border. clearly vladimir putin continues to ignore, perhaps thumb his nose at the west, and the continued threats of sanctions. president obama talked about the calculus that vladimir putin has to keep in mind, alleging that his country is facing dire and significant economic repercussions and damage as a result of what has happened so far. the g7 leaders announced they'll move...
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versus pro-russia. most people in the eastern part keenhe country are not so i'm joining the european union immediately. when you break down the question -- should you join now? most would say no. if you say five years, 10 years, 20 years, the fervor on you go -- the further on you go, the more you find a willingness to join. i am convinced it is a generational question. , what much about whether language they speak. mind, a lot of the older people in ukraine are still very attached to what they remember is a wonderful life in the soviet union. they did have a very good. teed had a guaran income, vacation, pensions. what independence means for them is a decrease in their standard of living. a lot of people are eager to go back and be part of russia. russia has all of the oil and gas money. people were very eager in crimea to join russia because they would say -- my pension will be larger again. for those reasons, people certainly have a lot of pro-russian sentiment. when you do read those polls. i have
versus pro-russia. most people in the eastern part keenhe country are not so i'm joining the european union immediately. when you break down the question -- should you join now? most would say no. if you say five years, 10 years, 20 years, the fervor on you go -- the further on you go, the more you find a willingness to join. i am convinced it is a generational question. , what much about whether language they speak. mind, a lot of the older people in ukraine are still very attached to what...
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>> spiblegging of russia. this is the state department response to russia's aggression to ukraine. quoting now. the world stands #united for ukraine let's hope that the kremlin will live by the promise of #. >> well, the hope of social media really has become the bully pulpit now in america as long as we master the internet. which we haven't mastered according to most reports. senator ted cruz sent out his own tweet in spawps to this media barrage of the state department and our ambassador note to state department, the promise of a #isn't going to make putin pull out of ukraine. >> are you sure? once he sees that ferocious #don't you think he will think better of his actions. >> senator mccain interviewed him the other day. he was talking about the fact that we won't each give small arms to the folks in ukraine. give small arms. >> we won't give them rifles. decided we give them mres, meals ready to eat. hope and fears on social media. >> also #s. you are missing this peter. we are not sending substantial assistance but we are sending something #. s. >> the climate created by this
>> spiblegging of russia. this is the state department response to russia's aggression to ukraine. quoting now. the world stands #united for ukraine let's hope that the kremlin will live by the promise of #. >> well, the hope of social media really has become the bully pulpit now in america as long as we master the internet. which we haven't mastered according to most reports. senator ted cruz sent out his own tweet in spawps to this media barrage of the state department and our...